'DEAL?'
Oleksandr Usyk ACCEPTS Tyson Fury’s terms for April 29 undisputed fight but only if Gypsy King agrees special clause
OLEKSANDR USYK has ACCEPTED Tyson Fury's terms for an April 29 undisputed fight but only if his rival agrees to a special clause.
The Gypsy King confirmed earlier that he wants 70 per cent of the purse for an undisputed decider with Ukrainian.
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And the ruthless WBC Gypsy King had promised to slash at his meagre 30 per cent cut every day until he caved.
The 34-year-old Brit - who claims he has more money than he could spend in 50 lifetimes and would have boxed Anthony Joshua for free - turned down a 50-50 split for a showdown in Saudi Arabia.
Usyk - the 36-year-old WBA, IBF and WBO champ who just did the double over AJ - signed up for the Riyadh row only for Fury to welch when he was told it was an even split.
Morecambe’s monster has dragged the bout to Wembley stadium on April 29, on the proviso he gets the lion’s share of the mega-money deal that would sell out the 94,000 seater.
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But proud Usyk - a London 2012 gold winner and undisputed cruiserweight champ - had initially refused to be financially bullied by the 6ft 9in showman.
However, Usyk then took to social media as he posted a topless video of himself and said: “Hey, Greedy Belly. I accept your off of a 70-30 split to fight on April 29 at Wembley.
“But you will promise to donate £1million to the people of Ukraine immediately after the fight.
“And for every day you delay you will pay one per cent of your purse to the Ukrainian people. Deal?”
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Fury is trying hard to underpay the Ukraine icon - who has spent time on his nation’s front line.
And earlier, while walking around a shopping centre, he growled on Instagram: “I see all this talk of boxing fights and ‘Usyk wants 50 per cent’ and ‘Tyson is being greedy’.
“But - where I am standing - Usyk and his team are only worth 30 per cent. You either take it or you leave it.”
Usyk's promoter Alex Krassyuk has now responded to Fury’s video announcing his 70/30 demands on social media as well.
Alongside three thumbs up emojis, he wrote: “Browsing for fresh underwear in the shopping mall?”
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Fury did incredible business in his last two bouts, convincing a combined total of 154,000 people to buy tickets to see him dominate Dillian Whyte at Wembley and then Derek Chisora at a freezing Tottenham stadium in December.
So he feels like he should be able to call the shots on how the huge pot - made up of ticket and pay-per-view sales - will be carved up.
And he added: “If you don’t want it, go and fight Daniel Dubois at the Copper Box and gert a few million dollars,” he added.
“You want to make some real money, come and fight the Gypsy King.
“I will say, for every day from today that you linger, mess around, I will deduct one per cent from the 30 per cent.
“So every day I will deduct one per cent, until you take it. And if you don’t take it then fight Dubois for two million dollars, not a problem.
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“But how in the world could you ever offer me a deal? Not possible. Tick tock, tick tock, p*****s.”
Now the ball seems to be back in his court as to whether boxing fans will get the fight that they want to see.
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